Community Round-up: It's Back!
After a hiatus of a few weeks, the community round-up is back! This week, we celebrate vhallee's birthday and talk about the hottest new game in town, Rush Poker from Full Tilt.
The Community round-up is your weekly digest for all the latest happenings in the PokerStrategy forums. It is here to make sure that you don't miss out on all the most exciting events. If you weren't around this past week and still want to be in touch with our beloved community, this is where you can find out what you might have missed.
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Poker Blog of the Week
This week, we've selected a new blog that has garnered quite a following since it started a couple of weeks ago. ertzkuh is a German community member who recently moved to Malta to brush up on his English and has decided to document his 6 months there in an English blog.
Containing a healthy mix of poker session reviews, language lessons, stories of life in Malta and pictures of his awesome looking crib, it's definitely an entertaining read. If you've not paid a visit yet, why not head over to check it out today.
raising to the stars - 6 months in malta
New Community Members this Week
Every week, we give a shout-out to some of our newest community members. Give your warmest welcomes to:
- tvidi a PLO player from Finland
- sngkid who hopes to win the WSOP HORSE bracelet one day
- pnnkaznk from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- oskarg from Denmark
We apologize for not being able to name everyone, but rest assured that even if your name doesn't appear here, we love you too!
Don't hesitate to ask any questions and share your poker experiences with us. Our community members are a friendly bunch and are ready to help you at all times. We look forward to seeing more of your posts in the forums soon. Finally, have a great time at the tables!
Hot Thread of the Week
This aptly named thread was setup by chochikun to discuss Full Tilt Poker's latest innovation, Rush Poker. The thread has received an overwhelming response from the community members and has received more than 5,000 hits in less than a week.
To learn more about this new game format, you can also check our tips and analysis article.
vhallee Celebrates his Birthday
Our beloved 
vhallee notched up another year this week as he celebrated his birthday on Friday. We wish him the happiest of birthdays, and hope that he gets to share many more years of his awesomeness with us. We love you vhallee!
If you have anything special to say to vhallee, don't hesitate to send your personal message to him in the thread:
Performances of the Week
Our community members turned in some brilliant performances once again, congratulations to all our winners! The highlights of the week are:
- gcjunior won a $11 rebuy tournament on Everest Poker
- cojonel won a 720 man tournament on Full Tilt Poker
- orvara finished tops out of 1137 entrants
- natrphem won a PLO tournament
- sirilidion won a 180 man SnG
- Final table appearances for adzi, darkneo1 and sliverika
Million in a Year - Total Winnings (Week 23): $301,243.63
After 23 weeks, we've breached the $300k mark and are still well on target to beat last year's results. Don't forget to add your tournament and multi-table SnG winnings to our list. All wins however big or small are welcome in the following thread:
